| Content Description | States that he understands that communications between Vienna and Berlin can be disrupted, especially by the weather; asks him to tell Conyngham that the deal had not caused any problems; has received news [from Conyngham] that he cannot not take leave due the Schleswig-Holstein dispute; has received a telegram which caused a misunderstanding with Rechberg, who thought Lord Russell's proposed London conference excluded the German powers but consulted Sweden and Russia; refers to the 1848 crisis and the subsequent agreements of 1851/2, to which Denmark may not agree; comments that the Austrians are prepared to use force to ensure that their policies are followed in Bavaria. |